Member Bio

Member #: 53
Member Year: 1971
Jack Roeser

Bio Summary
Community Activity Summary
Belong to First Congregational Church, presently Moderator; Active in the American Legion, presently Colo. State Judge Advocate of the Legion, and Past Commander of Post No. 39 of American Legion in Manitou Springs; member of International Footprint Assn. and past president of local Chapter 37; past member of Board of Directors of Colo. Spgs. Civic Players; member of Colo. County Judges Assn. and past member of Exec. Committee of same. Father was Jacob "Jack" Roeser, died October 2, 1971, was many years in
Occupation Summary
County Judge (Attorney at Law basic profession)
AdAmAn Service

Hobbies
Mountain climbing, skiing, dramatics, swimming, reading
Climbing Experience Summary
Have had about 50 ascents of peaks in the 14,000' category—minimal experience in technical climbing—9 climbs of Pikes Peak to date.

Bio Detail
Community Activity Detail
Belong to First Congregational Church, presently Moderator; Active in the American Legion, presently Colo. State Judge Advocate of the Legion, and Past Commander of Post No. 39 of American Legion in Manitou Springs; member of International Footprint Assn. and past president of local Chapter 37; past member of Board of Directors of Colo. Spgs. Civic Players; member of Colo. County Judges Assn. and past member of Exec. Committee of same. Father was Jacob "Jack" Roeser, died October 2, 1971, was many years in U.S. Forest Service. Father was the Forest Service officer in charge of the old Fremont Experiment Station on top of Mt. Manitou from about 1926 through 1935. It was closed about 1936 and all the buildings later razed. We lived there every summer those years—so I sort of grew up on Mt. Manitou and "in the shadow of Pikes Peak," We did live in Colo. Spgs. most of the year—partly so we kids could go to school—but on Mt. Manitou every summer. (I did quite a bit of climbing and rock scrambling there as a child and was often on the lower portions of The Barr Trail. I also knew Fred Barr himself—the builder of the trail. He ran tourist burro trips up to the summit of Pikes Peak.)
Occupation Detail

Climbing Experience Detail
Have had about 50 ascents of peaks in the 14,000' category—minimal experience in technical climbing—9 climbs of Pikes Peak to date.

Memories
Memories From First Climb

Memories From First Member Year

Memories of Family

Favorite Memories from Climbing Fourteeners

Memories from Favorite Mountain Climb

Memories of Favorite Gear

Memories of Worst Gear Failure